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The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)

CHAPTER III
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She heard the Voice saying to her: "That is he!"[330] And immediately she went straight to him, and spoke to him fearlessly, beginning, doubtless, by saying what she deemed to be most urgent: "I am come to you, sent by Messire," she said, "that you may send to the Dauphin and tell him to hold himself in readiness, but not to give battle to his enemies."[331] [Footnote 329: _Trial_, vol.ii, p.

436.] [Footnote 330: _Ibid._, vol.i, p.

53.] [Footnote 331: _Ibid._, vol.ii, p.

456.] Assuredly she must thus have spoken, prompted by a new revelation from her Voices.

And it is important to notice that she repeated word for word what had been said seventy-five years earlier, not far from Vaucouleurs, by a peasant of Champagne who was a vavasour, that is, a freeman.


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